Poetry Assessment Flashcards
poetry quotes
THE SOLDIER
start
“If I should die, think only this of me” - patriotism
“a corner of a foreign field that is forever England” - patriotism and emotion
THE SOLDIER
middle
England “bore, shaped, made aware, gave” - debt, duty
repeated “England” - patriotism
THE SOLDIER
end
“pulse in the eternal mind” forever remembered
“laughter”, “friends” and “gentleness” - idealises English - suggesting war isn’t their fault?
THE SOLDIER
context
originally called “the Recruit”
makes war feel unrealistic
Brooke died of septicaemia in 1915 before action
sonnet
SOLDIER
rhythm and structure
sonnet - patriotism - England is powerful and loving
SOLDIER
personal response
enjoyment - proud and happy feel - think it is to make young men feel proud of their country and want to fight for it.
DULCE
context
wrote in 1917
Owen was pro war before experiencing it
contrasts and criticises propaganda and outdated ideas of war, specifically Jessie Pope
DULCE
start
“all went lame; all blind; drunk with fatigue” - exhausted and broken
“drunk” - shell shocked and disorientated
DULCE
middle
“Gas! Gas! Quick boys!” - sudden and stark - contrasts to stanza one (real life attack)
exclamation marks - urgency
“guttering, choking, drowning” - “in all my dreams” - dreams usually positive (corrupted) - speaker haunted (dreams are subconscious)
DULCE
end
grotesque imagery - horrific attack - innocent soldiers punished
“you” and “my friend” - Jessie Pope, criticism
DULCE
Rhythm and Structure
third stanza is two lines and isolated from poem - symbolises soldier in gas
DULCE
personal response
ironic - title is misleading, adds to surprise and horror of attack
